Below 97% of Canadian towns: 7.3% of residents are 65 or over
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 37% in Canossa. Households in single-detached houses: 90% of the total. Few places have so few one-person households: 13% here, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 3,246, in 1,035 households.
What stands out about the people of Canossa
Younger than most towns
Line Canossa’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 35.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 7.3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 35.5: Canossa is younger than 89% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. At 23%, the share of children under 15 is higher than in 94% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Canossa, 35.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 93% of Canadian towns: 3.1 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7.7% of the total.
Canossa ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 55%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Census figures put common-law partners at 8.4% in Canossa. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
6.9% of households rent their home, below 96% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $124,700 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Canossa had $124,700 before tax, 45% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 35% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Canossa sits above 67% of Canadian towns for residents without Canadian citizenship (9.7%)
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Canossa, 9.7%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (65%) or in Africa (16%). Against that, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
Canossa sits above 87% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (54%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 70% of Canadian towns: 28%. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Among other religions: Muslim (19%) and Buddhist (3.4%).
58% have English as their mother tongue; 4% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 86% of Canadian towns: 4%. Census figures put residents whose mother tongue is French at 0.6% in Canossa.
31% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6.4% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
66% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 66%.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Coalhurst (32) and the oldest Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast (61.2). Closest in median age to Canossa are Coalhurst (32), Pilot Butte (36.8) and Westwood (37.1).
Of the 6 towns nearest Canossa, 4 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Canossa’s residents
Is Canossa good for families?
Under 15: 23% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 7.7%. Schools near Canossa are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Canossa?
The median household in Canossa took in $124,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Canossa?
The 2021 Census counted 3,246 people in Canossa.
What is the average age in Canossa?
A median age of 35.5, younger than 89% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 23%, and people 65 and over 7.3%.
Is Canossa bilingual?
English and French: 4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Canossa?
37% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 54% belong to a visible minority and 3.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Canossa?
45% are Christian and 28% have no religion; 27% follow another religion.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).